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LINUS STEWART, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,932, dated May 16, 1854.

To all whom z' may concern Be it known that I, LINUS STEWART, of thecity of lVashington, District of Columbia, have invented a new andImproved Mode ot Constructing Saw-Teeth; and I do hereby'declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the lines, notes, and referencesmarked thereon.

The nature of lny invention is so to construct and arrange the teeth ofthe saw that each tooth shall cnt its way clean through the wood,without tearing or forcing the saw, each tooth acting as a Inortisechisel and cutting a chip or core of the same thickness as each toothstands in advance of the one next behind it. The cutting part of eachtooth to be exactly vertical, and notwithstanding' each tooth advancesin front ot' the one next behind it, the blade of the saine to be ofequal width requiring the back of the saw to be inclined forward, as perdrawing, the saws being capable ot being attached to any mill-the sizeof the opening between the teeth to be increased or Areduced accordingto the length of the saw and the size of the timber to be cut, so thateach space between the teeth shall be capable ot' holding the entirechip or core that the tooth behind it may cut oil).

The construction and arranging of the saw teeth, substantially asdescribed; that is, each tooth shall project beyond the next one belowit, a distance equal to the depth it is intended to cut, and each toothhaving its forward edge or sole, vertical, and parallel A to thecorresponding edges or soles, of all the other teeth; for the purposesset forth.

LINUS STEWART. `Witnesses:

J oir-1N MGOLELLAND, J No. IV. HoDGsoN.

